Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces 2017 Winter/Spring Season, featuring 15 theater, dance, music, and opera engagements, January 11—June 10 Bloomberg Philanthropies is the Season Sponsor Theater The Beauty Queen of Leenane……Druid, Martin McDonagh, Garry Hynes…………... page 2 Escaped Alone……….Caryl Churchill, Royal Court Theatre, James Mcdonald…….... page 6 A Man of Good Hope……Jonny Steinberg, Isango Ensemble/Young Vic, Mark Dornford-May…………………………………………………………………………………. page 4 887……………………Ex Machina, Robert Lepage………………………………………. page 10 Cirkus Cirkör: Limits……Tilde Björfors, Samuel “LoopTok” Andersson………………... page 17 Dance Last Work…….Batsheva Dance Company, Ohad Naharin……………………………… page 3 Dreaming of Lions……Malpaso Dance Company, Arturo O’Farrill, Osnel Delgado….. page 8 Doug Varone and Dancers….Doug Varone, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, and Phillip Glass…………………………………………………………………………………………… page 12 DanceAfrica 2017………………..Abdel R. Salaam………………………………………. page 15 Music Dadan ………..Kodo, Tamasaburo Bando………………………………………………… page 7 A Nonesuch Celebration…………………………………………………………………...... page 13 Sanam Marvi………………………………………………………………………………..... page 13 Silent Voices…Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker, Kristin Marting…… page 14 Tom Zé……….World Music Institute………………………………………………….…... page 16 Opera/Dance Mark Morris: Two Operas…Mark Morris Dance Group………………………………...... page 9 Oct 25, 2016, Brooklyn, NY—Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, today announced programming for the 2017 Winter/Spring Season. The season runs from January 11 through June 10 and comprises theater, dance, music, and opera in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House and the BAM Harvey Theater. Melillo said, “This is a truly global season, with standout offerings from around the world, including South Africa’s Isango Ensemble, with its peerless melding of music and theater, a rare one-night-only appearance by Pakistani Sufi singer Sanam Marvi, and the return of Japanese drumming superstars Kodo. We also welcome back our artistic colleagues, 1 playwright Caryl Churchill, choreographer Ohad Naharin and his extraordinary Batsheva Dance Company, and iconic director Robert Lepage performing in a personal and powerful solo show. Acclaimed director Garry Hynes will make her BAM debut with a new production of the iconic The Beauty Queen of Leenane. And DanceAfrica, our longest-running program, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with some special surprises. We look forward to having audiences join us on this international artistic adventure.” BAM President Katy Clark said, “This season represents a breadth and depth of artistic diversity that reflects BAM’s unique place in the cultural firmament. I would like to thank our major sponsors, particularly our season sponsor Bloomberg Philanthropies, all of our generous donors, and our board for their dedicated and passionate support.” 2017 Winter/Spring subscriptions go on sale November 14 (November 7 for BAM Members). Single tickets for all Winter/Spring shows go on sale December 7 (November 30 for BAM Members). To purchase tickets visit BAM.org or contact BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100. The Beauty Queen of Leenane Druid By Martin McDonagh Directed by Garry Hynes Set design by Francis O'Connor Lighting design by Jim F. Ingalls Sound design by Greg Clarke Composer Paddy Cunneen BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St.) Jan 11—14, 17—21, 24—28, 31—Feb 4, at 7:30pm; Jan 14, 21, 28, Feb 4 at 2pm Jan 15, 22, 29, Feb 5 at 3pm Tickets: $25, 50, 95 (weekday); $35, 60 110 (weekend) (prices subject to change after Nov 29) Master Class: Behind the Scenes: The Beauty Queen of Leenane With Neil Kutner and Jennifer Grutza Jan 19 at 5pm, Kriegel Conference Rooms (30 Lafayette Ave) 1hr 45mins plus post-show tour and discussion Price: $25 Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register “Beauty Queen, and Druid’s masterly new production makes you laugh until you’re sore. But it leaves you hurting just the same.” – Irish Examiner Ireland’s esteemed theater company, Druid, marks its BAM debut with this 20th-anniversary revival of Martin McDonagh’s Tony Award-winning pitch-black comedy. The first in a trilogy of plays set in the provincial Irish town of Leenane, it tells the story of spinster Maureen Folan who 2 lives with her manipulative, aging mother Mag. They spend their days aggressively nagging, scratching, and jabbing each other with insults. But when Maureen meets a viable suitor who is smitten with her, Mag sets in motion a chain of events that hilariously and horrifyingly threaten her daughter’s last likely chance for a romantic relationship. Not to be outdone, Maureen plots and enacts a chilling revenge—an action that ultimately seals her purgatorial existence. Druid Co-Founder Marie Mullen, who won a Tony Award for her 1998 performance as Maureen in the original production, ages into the fearsome role of Mag, under the direction of Co-Founder and Artistic Director Garry Hynes—the first woman to ever win a Tony Award for Direction. Aisling O’Sullivan, Marty Rea, and Aaron Monaghan complete the cast. Druid was founded in Galway in 1975 by graduates of the National University of Ireland, Galway, Garry Hynes, Mick Lally (1945–2010), and Marie Mullen. Since its foundation, Druid has been at the forefront of the development of Irish theater and consistently brings groundbreaking productions of classic and new works to the world stage. It was the first professional theater company in Ireland to be based outside of Dublin and last year celebrated its 40th year producing theater. Druid productions have won over 50 awards in Ireland and internationally, including four Tony Awards for the company’s world premiere of Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane. For press information, contact Sarah Garvey at [email protected] or 718.724.8025. Last Work New York premiere Batsheva Dance Company Choreography by Ohad Naharin Lighting design by Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) Soundtrack design and editing by Maxim Warratt Original music by Grischa Lichtenberger Stage design by Zohar Shoef Costume design by Eri Nakamura BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Feb 1—4 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25, 35, 45, 55, 65 (weekday); $30, 40, 50, 60, 70 (weekend) (Prices subject to change after Nov 29) Master Class: Gaga People Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Feb 3 at 12:15pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) Price: $20 For the general public, no previous experience required Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register The internationally-renowned Batsheva Dance Company makes its seventh BAM appearance with Last Work. Developed by visionary choreographer Ohad Naharin and his 18 dancers over the course of a 10-week intensive rehearsal process, the piece premiered in Tel Aviv in June of 3 2015 and was first seen outside Israel at Montpellier Dance Festival in France a month later. The New York Times called it “breathtaking for the extraordinary dancing by the Batsheva dancers, and the way Mr. Naharin can evoke states of pleasure, pain, madness and a kind of animality—a sheer state of being in the body—through his movement.” As ever for this company, music plays a crucial role. German electronic music producer Grischa Lichtenberger, who has never composed for dance before, worked closely with the company to compose original music for the piece. Maxim Waratt designed the soundtrack which incorporates his music, adapted Romanian lullabies, and additional electronic sound. Naharin’s signature movement vocabulary of liquid spines and hips, known as Gaga, is showcased to transfixing effect in Last Work. Ohad Naharin has been hailed as one of the world’s preeminent contemporary choreographers. The artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company since 1990, he has guided the company with an adventurous vision and reinvigorated its repertory with his captivating choreography. Naharin is also the originator of an innovative movement research, Gaga, which has enriched his extraordinary movement invention, revolutionized the company’s training, and emerged as a growing force in the larger field of movement practices for both dancers and non- dancers. Batsheva Dance Company is critically-acclaimed and popularly embraced as one of the foremost contemporary dance companies in the world. Together with its junior Batsheva Ensemble, the company boasts a roster of 34 dancers from around the world. Batsheva Dance Company is Israel's largest company, maintaining an extensive performance schedule locally and internationally with over 250 performances and over 75,000 spectators per year. Batsheva Dance Company made its BAM debut during the 2002 Spring Season with Naharin’s Virus, followed by Mamootot (2005 Next Wave), Three (2007 Next Wave), Max (Spring 2009), Hora (Spring 2012), and Sadeh21 (2014 Next Wave). For press information contact David Hsieh at [email protected] or 718.636.4129 x5. Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Co-produced by Festival Montpellier Danse; Hellerau-European Center for the Arts, Dresden. Supported by Batsheva New Works Fund and Dalia and Eli Hurvitz Foundation, with special funding by the American Friends of Batsheva. A Man of Good Hope US premiere Based on the book by Jonny Steinberg Isango Ensemble/Young Vic Directed by Mark Dornford-May Musical direction by Mandisi Dyantyis Movement by Lungelo Ngamlana Lighting by Mannie Manim BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Feb 15—18